Game preview: Thunderbirds meet Beavers for the fifth time this season

By Matt Stefano Friday night hockey takes place tonight at the John Rhodes Community Centre as your Soo Thunderbirds will take on the Blind River Beavers, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Thunderbirds are entering tonight’s game with a record of 12 wins, 2 losses, 1 overtime loss and 2 shootout losses, good for 27 points […]

Thunderbirds pick up Chartrand as a free agent

By Matt Stefano He started his rookie season this year in Elliot Lake, and now he’s coming to play for the Soo! The Soo Thunderbirds have announced on Monday that they have picked up 2004-birth-year netminder Nolan Chartrand as a free agent from the Elliot Lake Red Wings. “It feels great to join the Thunderbirds,” […]

Thunderbirds battle back to pick up a point vs Eagles

By Matt Stefano This season, the Soo Thunderbirds have been in a quite a few of games where they came back to win when trailing in the third period, and on Sunday afternoon against the Soo Eagles, they were hoping to make that happen again. Unfortunately the Thunderbirds didn’t come back to get a win this […]

Thunderbirds play Eagles this afternoon at the John Rhodes

By Matt Stefano Hope you remembered to turn your clocks back one hour. Because it’s game day! Matinee action takes place today at the John Rhodes Community Centre as your Soo Thunderbirds will take on their cross-border rivals, the Soo Eagles, beginning at 2:00 p.m. The Thunderbirds are entering this afternoon’s game with a record […]

Thunderbirds pick up overtime win in Blind River

By Matt Stefano After defeating the Elliot Lake Red Wings by a score of 4-1 on back Friday night in the Soo, the Soo Thunderbirds were right back in action less than twenty four hours later as they were in Blind River on Saturday night to take on the Blind River Beavers. The Thunderbirds, who […]

Special teams help lead Thunderbirds to win over Red Wings

By Matt Stefano If you want to win hockey games, you need to have good special teams. And that’s exactly what the Soo Thunderbirds showed to their fans on Friday night against the Elliot Lake Red Wings! On Friday night, the Thunderbirds got a pair of power play tallies and a shortanded marker as they […]

Game preview: Thunderbirds play rematch against Red Wings

By Matt Stefano Friday night hockey takes place tonight at the John Rhodes Community Centre as your Soo Thunderbirds will have their second straight meeting against the Elliot Lake Red Wings, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Thunderbirds, who are entering tonight’s game sitting in first place in the NOJHL’s West Division, are also coming off […]

Gibson scares Red Wings before Halloween

By Matt Stefano So far this season, Thunderbirds defenceman Andrew Gibson has been giving the Elliot Lake Red Wings a good scare. And on the night before Halloween, he did it again! On Saturday, October 30, rookie defenceman Andrew Gibson scored twice and added a helper, leading the Thunderbirds to a 4-1 victory over the […]

Thunderbirds fall to Cubs in overtime

By Matt Stefano After handing the Greater Sudbury Cubs their first shutout loss in team history back on Sunday night in Sudbury, the Soo Thunderbirds were back on John Rhodes ice on Friday night for their second straight meeting against the very same Cubs team. Despite recording 45 shots on net, including 20 in the […]

Game Preview: Thunderbirds meet Cubs for the second straight game

By Matt Stefano Different rink, same two teams! Friday night hockey takes place tonight at the John Rhodes Community Centre as your Soo Thunderbirds will have their second straight meeting against the Greater Sudbury Cubs, beginning at 7:30 p.m. The Thunderbirds are entering tonight’s game with a record of 9 wins, 2 losses and 1 […]

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